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Health - October, 2012

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• CDC Must Rethink Snubbing Low Offer For $78M Data Contract
• Ex-Orthofix Sales Manager Pleads Guilty To Medicare Fraud
• JPMorgan, BNY Suit Over $36M Hospital Bonds Trimmed
• Calif. Court Rejects 5 Of 6 Classes In Hospital Wage Suit
• Pharmacy Recalls All Drugs Amid Meningitis Outbreak Probe
• Doc-For-Hire Can't Sue For Discrimination, 8th Circ. Says
• Imaging Self-Referrals Cost US $100M, Threaten Health: GAO
• Missing Marchers In The HHS Breach Parade
• Liberty Mutual Settles Coverage Row With UnitedHealth
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Jones Day, K&L Gates Attys
• Look Before You Leap Into A Securities Litigation Trap
• Highmark Fires Back In UPMC Antitrust Dispute
• Inventor Hits Texas Cancer Hospital With $10M Royalties Suit
• Oncology Centers Say Fla.'s Inaction Voids State FCA Claims
• HHS Approves Flat-Rate Payments For ER On-Call Specialists
• Donut Hole Drug Prices Kept In Check By ACA, Report Says
• Call Center Workers Accuse Centene Of Obstructing OT Action
• CMS Releases 2014 Reporting Specs For E-Records
• 7 Tips For Avoiding False Claims Act Whistleblower Suits
• Software Firm Sues AHA To Wipe Out Billing Copyrights
• Opportunities And Challenges Of Telemedicine
• Corporate Profits Don't Amount To DOJ's Gain Under FCA
• Kaleida Health Hourly Employees Seek Wage Class Cert.
• CAFA Provides Wide Removal Power, NAM Tells High Court
• Mass. AG Backs ACLU Over Victims' Services In 1st Circ.
• Hospitals Urge Ky. High Court To Reverse Data Ruling
• Dykema Adds Katten Muchin White Collar Veteran In Chicago
• Credit Suisse Dodges PE Firm's Suit Over $12M Investment
• NY Court Boots PE Investor's $100M Suit Over Failed JV
• Texas High Court Rejects Suit Over Comatose Worker's Bills
• Pa. AG Aims To Halt Highmark-West Penn Merger Dispute
• High Court Won't Take Up Ban On Okla. Personhood Law
• Treasury Rejects GOP Subpoena Threat Over Exchange Credits
• Nonprofit Health Systems Ride The Merger Wave
• Maxim Sues DOJ For Details Of $121M FCA Settlement
• ACA Deadlines Loom As Questions Remain For Employers
• Planned Parenthood Sues Over Texas Rule Cutting Funds
• AmerisourceBergen, Pharmacy At Draw In $106M Contract Row
• Humana FCA Claims Weren't Public Knowledge, Relator Says
• Romney Could Give Health Cos. Raked By Probes Willing Ear
• Ky. High Court Nixes Insurer's Anti-Assignment Fight
• GSK Targeted In Antitrust Suit Over Drug-Discount Program
• In Support Of Learned Intermediary Doctrine
• WebMD Illegally Copied Wellness Programs, Hospital Claims
• Convicted Ex-Duane Reade CEO Asks 2nd Circ. For Retrial
• Public Hospitals Push For Repeal Of Safety Net Cuts
• 5th Circ. Won't Reconsider Planned Parenthood Funding Cut
• EEOC Suit Against NJ Hospital Held Subject To 300-Day Rule
• 11th Circ. Backs Toss Of WellPoint Reimbursement Suit
• Buchanan Ingersoll Adds State Lobbyist In Harrisburg
• HMA Ducks Whistleblower Claim It Performed Needless Surgery
• UPMC Faces Class Action Over Worker's Spread Of Hep C
• NY Hospital Pays $7M To Settle Medicaid Billing Suit
• When Retaining Overpayments Leads To FCA Liability
• Simpson Thacher Aids McKesson In $2.1B Medical Supplier Buy
• GSA's Doc Deletion In LabCorp Protest Could Spur Sanctions
• ACA Contraception Rule Doesn't Violate Biz Rights: US Gov't
• Steadfast Settles UnitedHealth Reimbursement Coverage Claims
• Pittsburgh Pair To Plead Guilty To Steroid Distribution
• GOP Lawmakers Seek HHS Spending Docs On ACA Campaign
• UPMC Claims Highmark Funded 'Sham Lawsuit'
• Insurer Asks Supreme Court To Stop 'End Run' Around CAFA
• Tips On Social Media Use For Health Care Employers
• Kaiser Got $4M In Discounts From 'Silent PPO,' Hospital Says
• AvMed Says Customer Precautions Bar Data Theft Class Claims
• Amerigroup Investors OK Contested $5B Wellpoint Merger
• NYC Education Dept. Hit With $2M Medicaid False Claims Suit
• West Penn Blasts UPMC Antitrust Claims In Hospital Feud
• Pharmacists Push Pa. Gov. To Sign Pharmacy Choice Bill
• Bankrupt Ala. County Sued Over $4M Inmate Health Care Deal
• House Expands Probe Into Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
• Hospitals Ask CMS To Loosen Doctor Supervision Rules
• Ind. Can't Defund Planned Parenthood, 7th Circ. Says
• Medical Body Area Networks: Promising Yet Risky
• CMS To Ensure Medicare Coverage For Chronically Ill Patients
• Mich. Gov. Defends Anti-Union Law As Constitutional
• UIG Says Rival Insurance Co. Stole Workers, Trade Secrets
• Leonard Green, Ares Snap Up Health Care Staffing Firm
• Genesis Offer To Nurse Didn't Moot FLSA Suit, High Court Told
• Meningitis Probe Could Cause Drug Shortages, FDA Says
• Ex-Omnicare Worker Says Techs OK'd Prescriptions In FCA Suit
• Medicare Appeal Time Limit Not Absolute, High Court Told
• Halfway House Owner Gets 4 Years For $205M Medicare Scam
• Complying With HIPAA: A Blur For Health Tech Cos.
• Legal Industry Trends: Lawyer Salaries And Job Growth
• Miami Archdiocese Joins ACA Contraception Mandate Fight
• Hunton & Williams Hires Charlie Crist's Ex-GC In Miami
• Insurer Hit With Sanctions For Flouting Asset Freeze
• Powerful House, Senate Panels Set For Election Year Shake-Up
• Blue Shield Asks Justices To Settle Coverage Defense Issue
• Bankruptcy Judge Denies Probe Of NJ Hospital Sale
• Calif. Judge Scuttles Class In Rite Aid Seating Suit
• USC Denied Rent Injunction In Suit Over Building's Permits
• GOP Sens. Question E-Records Incentive Program Costs
• Class Cert. Granted In FLSA Suit Against Health Care Co.
• Sen. Urges Crackdown On Misleading Power Wheelchair Ads
• A View From Inside The Litigation Finance Market
• Meningitis Suits Stand To Benefit From FDA Criminal Probe
• Troutman Says Ex-Partner's $20M Fee Suit Too Late
• Medicare Audit Bill May Usher In Crackdown On Contractors
• Lawmakers Urge Medicare Not To Expand Redundancy Cuts
• NJ Assembly Sends Health Exchange Bill To Governor
• Ins And Outs Of Starting A NJ Health Care Facility
• Planned Parenthood Renews Bid To Nix Medicaid Billing Case
• Catholic Health Systems Eye Nationwide Network With Merger
• IRS Charity Care Rule Puts Nonprofit Hospitals On Defense
• 2 NY Hospital Employees Get Prison For Kickback Scheme
• West Penn Says Highmark Breached Terms Of $475M Merger
• GOP Wants HHS To Justify $23M Malpractice Research Grants
• Store Rewards For Drug Copays Aren't Kickbacks, HHS Says
• Franck's, FDA Seek To Drop Compounding Oversight Case
• Hospital Group Backs Reforms To Medicare Fraud Recovery
• 4 Key Issues In Launching A Global Telemedicine Program
• Highmark Partners With Pa. Hospital In $65M Investment Deal
• 7th Circ. OKs Medicare Payment Cut To 19 Ill. Hospitals
• OIG Urges Medicaid To Lower Drug Payment Limits Quickly
• Pharmacy Linked To Meningitis Outbreak Faces $15M Suit
• Oxford Appeal Could Doom Class Arbitration, Attys Say
• EU Health Boss Quits Over Influence-Peddling Allegations
• Cautionary Tales In Recent FCA Decisions
• Another NLRB Decision Limits Employer Control
• Judge Turns Down GOP Brief On ACA Contraception Rule
• Obama, Romney Throw Blows Over Energy, Health Care, Trade
• GOP Sens. Want Report On $77M CMS Anti-Fraud Program
• 2 More Drugs May Be Linked To Meningitis Outbreak, FDA Says
• Walgreen To Issue Refunds Over 'Free' Flu Shot Advertising
• AMA Backs Ga. 'Prompt Pay' Law On Self-Insured Plans
• CareCore Resolves NY Medical Imaging Antitrust Suit
• CVS Pays $5M To End Whistleblower's Medicare Fraud Claims
• West Penn Rips Antitrust Suit In Wake Of Nixed Highmark Deal
• Prime Healthcare Loses 2nd Bid To Nix Workers' OT Suit
• Ameritox Can't Sink Rival's IP Suit Over Lab Reports' Format
• Doctors' Groups Pitch Permanent 'Doc Fix' To Senate
• How To Manage Physician Resistance To Hospital M&A
• Meningitis Plaintiffs Face Uphill Battle If Pharmacy Fails
• Calif. Workers' Comp Reforms Won't Stop Health Network Rows
• Ex-NY Senate Majority Leader Espada Cops To Tax Fraud
• Texas Proposes ACA-Ordered Medicare, Medicaid Provider Regs
• Highmark, West Penn Look To Rekindle Merger Talks
• GOP Sen. Says DC's Health Exchange Goes Too Far
• Connick, Marsalis Settle Image Row Over Health Provider Ad
• CMS Ratings Push Pressures Medicare Plans To Improve
• Providers Lose Class Cert. Bid In Blue Cross ERISA Row
• ACA-Prompted Hospital Mergers Can't Escape Antitrust Scrutiny
• Carolina Casualty Asks To Dodge Defending Worker Theft Suit
• Feds Probing CVS Prescription Refill Practices
• $205M Medicare Fraud Gets Health Care Manager 9 Years
• Blue Cross Says Hospital Co. Broke Logo Infringement Deal
• Protect Yourself From Biased, Deceptive Mediators: Part 2
• Kindred Hospital Workers Push For Class Cert. On OT Claims
• Meningitis Outbreak Spurs Push For Compounder Crackdown
• Financial Penalties Didn't Improve Hospital Care: Study
• Hospital Groups Back Phoebe Merger In High Court Fight
• $1M Stripped from Atty Fees in Aflac Child Premium Suit
• Hospital Patient-Snatching Case Moves On With Fewer Claims
• Rite Aid Settles False Ad Suit Over Customer Rewards
• Walgreen Fights Shipping Center's DEA Suspension At DC Circ.
• NJ Assembly Panel Clears Health Exchange Bill
• Nursing Homes Call SEIU 'Lawless' In Racketeering Suit
• Biden, Ryan Spar Over Health Care, Green Jobs In VP Slugfest
• Feds Defend Medi-Cal Provider Rate Cut Before 9th Circ.
• Hospital, Insurers Settle Child Sex Abuse Case For $123M
• Meningitis Outbreak Exposes FDA's Oversight Failures
• OIG Report Faults CMS, Contractor Efforts To Track ID Thefts
• Fla. Hospital Wants Class Cert. In $867M Drug Antitrust Suit
• Honeywell Shakes Worker Health Plan Reimbursement Suit
• Allscripts Battles For $300M Hospital Records Contract
• Firm Seeks Info On Accord That Sparked $2M Malpractice Suit
• $25M Suit Claims Ill. Blue Cross Gouging Policyholders
• Another HIPAA Violation Shows Costs Of Noncompliance
• Hospital Loses Bid To Keep OT Class Action In Federal Court
• Pa. Home Care Workers Sue Over Unpaid, Reduced Wages
• Medicare Fraud Suspects Often Hospitals, Suppliers: GAO
• Medicare Pay Needs Regional Adjustments, MedPAC Says
• Pharmacy Group Floats Plan To Save US $100B In Drug Costs
• Hill Seeks Probes, More Oversight After Drug-Caused Meningitis
• RI Requires Health Care Workers To Get Flu Vaccine
• Crowell Hires 3 Ex-Locke Lord Health Care Partners In LA
• Dilworth Taps Ex-Saul Ewing Atty To Lead Health Care Practice
• Pa. Hospital, Tenant Settle To Get $110M Expansion On Track
• Cigna Sex Bias Plaintiff Barely Dodges Sanctions
• Car Parts Maker Challenges ACA's Contraception Mandate
• UnitedHealth To Pay $4.9B For Leading Brazilian Insurer
• How ACA Modifies ERISA's Benefit Claims Procedures
• UPenn Hospital Owes $2M For Baby's Birth Injury, Court Says
• 5th Circ. Again Revives State Claims In UnitedHealth Suit
• Calif. Hospital Chain Wins OK On $6M OT Class Deal
• Universal Health Sells Hospital To Win FTC Nod On Ascend Buy
• Druggists Say NY Medicaid Mail-Order Plan Harms Competition
• GOP Congressmen Accuse HHS Of Stalling On ACA Answers
• HHS Must ID Medicare Overpayment Issues, DC Circ. Hears
• Lawmakers Ask DEA For Clearer Policies On Pharmacy Supplies
• HMO Asks 1st Circ. To Uphold $142M Neurontin Verdict
• Hospitals Cheer Electronic Transfers Rule
• NJ Senate Approves Health Exchange Bill
• 6th Circ. Nixes $83M Fresenius Medicare Fraud Judgment
• Ariz. Medicaid Recipients Win Class Cert. In Suit Over Copays
• Protect Yourself From Biased, Deceptive Mediators: Part 1
• $5M Settlement Enlists Highmark In UPMC Antitrust Fight
• House Leaders Demand HHS Stop E-Records Payments
• 8th Circ. Junks Mo. Official's ACA Individual Mandate Suit
• Nurses Lose Collective Cert. In FLSA Suit Against Hospital Co.
• Progressive's Scheme Shrunk Reimbursements, Suit Says
• After Brinker, Ex-Tenet Workers Lose Class Cert. Bid Again
• Feds Bust 91 In $430M Medicare Fraud Crackdown
• Cuomo Says No To Weaker Kickbacks Law For Health Referrals
• US Sanctioned Over Lost Docs In CHS Medicare Fraud Suit
• Case Study: In Re Pom Wonderful
• Reporting Under The Sunshine Act: Still In The Dark
• HHS Inspector General Plans New Reviews Of ACA Programs
• NH Urges Court Not To Block Access To Hep C Outbreak Docs
• Judge Won't Enforce 2005 Settlement, Stop Cigna Class Suit
• Amerigroup Ends $5B Wellpoint Deal Suit By Delaying Vote
• Bible Publisher Challenges ACA Religious Employer Scope
• Aetna Must Disclose Rates To Blue Cross In $2B Antitrust Suit
• Strengthening Medical Device Postmarket Surveillance
• ACA, Medicaid Mark Policy Contrast Between Obama, Romney
• Humana Can't Dodge Health Care Co.'s ERISA Suit
• Highmark Sues West Penn After Collapse Of $475M Merger
• Phoebe Urges High Court Not To Raise Antitrust Immunity Bar
• 11th Circ. Says Nurses At Fla. Clinic Are Supervisors
• 6th Circ. Upholds Ohio Law Restricting Abortion Pill
• Slow Exchange Progress Could Harm Insurers, Report Cautions
• Bedford Funding Raises $1B For Health Care IT Investments
• Romney Would Keep ACOs, Other Medicare Reforms: Adviser
• Challenge To Health Care Law's Contraception Mandate Nixed
• Blue Cross Says $66M Underpayment Suit Lacks Specifics
• Miami Docs Get 10 Years In $200M Medicare Kickbacks Scheme
• Anthem Blue Cross Settles Social Security Breach Case
• Blue Cross, Hospitals Told To Yield Docs In Antitrust Case
• La. Court Reinstates Blue Cross HMO State Contract
• Grassley Presses Hospitals On Low-Cost Drug Program
• Alston & Bird Picks Up Ropes & Gray Health Care Partner
• High Court Considers Taking Up Religious Challenge To ACA
• Ex-Orthofix Manager Charged In False Medicare Claim Scheme
• Trustee Urges High Court To Question CMS Payment Decisions
• WellPoint Ducks Some Claims In Unfair Premium Hike Suit
• Pa., Wis. Defy Health Plan Benefit Benchmark Deadline
• High Court Refuses To Hear Insurer's Bankruptcy Arbitration Bid